Pardon me if this is old news, but I am on digest so I am a little behind on
info. I saw the post about the 1500 for sale on Craig's list. That sure
looks like the car that Mike Young had for sale a while back. If it is, it
sure looks damned nice to me! It is now a 3 owner car that has everything
going for it. Do I think that it is worth the asking price? ABSOLUTELY.
When Mike had it for sale, the asking price was 20something. The car was
posted on eBay and made it over $17k with no problem. If you think about
it, you can buy a $5000 roadster and have a nice driver. It will need some
work. This car needs nothing other than a new home. If your $5000 roadster
needs some of the tired chrome redone, then you can plan on laying down a
couple of thousand. Plus you have to figure your down time and labor to
pull all of the stuff and reinstall it. More than likely your $5000 car
will need some mechanical freshening. This car needs nothing as it is a
20something thousand mile car. Your $5000 car will be a more common car -
the 1500s are unique. I have seen a grand total of 7 1500s. Of those, one
was a 30something thousand mile car that is NICE. One is another low
mileage car that had a FULL frame off restoration (to the tune of tens of
thousands of dollars...) and one was a nice driver. The others are pieces
parts, and I own one and bought one of the others to try to make mine
complete. Yes, it is worth $14k. If I had the money, there would not be
much discussion - it would be in the garage....
Sidney Raper
1964 1500 (still a project.... sigh....)
1967 SRL311 00076 (alive again!)
Jacksonville Florida
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